New York City didn’t invent the restaurant. That honor goes to France, and even in the United States, the earliest-known restaurant was in Boston — Julien’s Restorator, which opened in 1794. But it didn’t take long for New York to catch up. In 1810, the city directory listed five free-standing “victualling houses.”
US drinkers have for the first time overtaken the French as the world’s No. 1 wine consumers, a report showed on Tuesday, with Americans developing a greater and more refined taste for France’s national beverage. According to the report released by the International Vine and Wine organization,OIV, US consumers bought
The 5th International Euro-Mediterranean Conference (EuroMed 2014), devoted to Cultural Heritage (CH), is being held on the 3rd-8th of November at the entrance of the ancient Amathus city, by Limassol, in Cyprus island. EuroMed brings together researchers, policy makers, professionals and practitioners to explore some of the more pressing issues concerning cultural heritage today. In particular, this
On 13th May i2CAT Foundation, in collaboration with the Universitat Internacional de Catalunya (UIC), organised the first RICHES activity in Barcelona. The workshop brought together representatives of the RICHES project, academics and students from the UIC, representatives of the Network of Common Interest affiliated in the project and several external
The European Commission launches an open online consultation on the revision of the Europe 2020 strategy, with the objective of informing the review of the Europe 2020 strategy and seeking citizens’ views on its further development. The consultation deals with a wide range of topics and policy areas: Economic and
